Clothes-drier.



`P. D. HIORDAN.

CLOTHES DRIER. APPLICATION FILED AUG-1.1917.

Patented Apr. 2, 1918.

PATRICK D. Bronnen, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

CLOTHES-DRIER.

Speccaton of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 2, lois.y

Original application filed December 12, 1916, Serial No. 136,39*?. Divided and this application filed August 1,

To all whom t may concern.:

Be it known that I, PATRICK I). Bronnen, al citizen of the United States of America, residing at the borough of Manhattan, in the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain'nevv and useful Il provements in Clothes-Driers, of which the following' is a specification. reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in clothes-driers and particularly to improvements in clothes-.driers adapted to be hingedly mounted on a Window-ledge or like support; and an objectv of this invention is to provide a clothes-drier of the kind just referred to which Will be simple in construction, comparatively cheap in manufacture, eflicient, durable, handy and convenient in operation and use and susceptible of being repaired quickly and at low cost.

In the drawings illustrating the principle of this invention and` the best mode now known to me of applying that principle,

Figure l is a plan of the clothes-drier mounted in place; Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Fig. l; Fig. 3 is a detail showing in plan the means for adjusting the Windlass-drum relatively to the Window; Fig. 4 isa section on the line 1 -l of Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a transverse section through the base-rod of the frame; Fig. 6 is a detail showing the clothesline-carrier in elevation; Fig. 7 is a section on the line 7-7 of Fig. 6; and Fig. 8 is a detail showing the clothesline-carrier in plan.

In the Window opening 0. formed in the Wall l) of the house or other building, there are mounted a VWindow-fiaine c and a Window-ledge d. Upon thelatter there rests a plate e held in place by means of bolts f and vformed With a forwardly-projecting tongue ve having therein bolt-holes g. From this plate e, there risebearings 71. in which turns the shaft z' Which carries the Windlassdrum j and upon one end of which is fastened a crank la. The framem of the clothesdrier A is preferably rectangular in shape and made of rod-likeV metal not likely to rust, e.. g., galvanized iron. In the Windowledge d, there are set'eye-'bolts n in which the frame m is free to turn on its base m', Which passes through the bearing o formed on Vthe outer end of the short bar o which is adjustably mounted on the tongue c that projects forward-ly from the plate e. The

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short bar o is formed With a series of boltholes g through which and the bolt-holes g pass bolts p the upper ends of which areengaffed by nuts By loosening the latter and the bolts f, the position of the plate e may be changed so as to adjust the drum closer to or farther from the Window. (in each side m of the frame m, there is slidably mounted a series of clothesline-carriers 'r (see vFigs. 6, 7 and 8), the base or body portionr of which is cylindrical and shaped to fit slidably the rodlike slides m of the frame m, and from which extend the Wings or cheeks 1, T". One side or wing r of each carrier r is formed with an opening s opposite which there lies a finger s punched from the other side or Wing r* of the carrier r. Between the sides r, rx, of the latter, there extends the end part of the cable t, which is rove over pulleys u rotatably mounted in sheaves or hangers o fastened to the crosspiece m* of the frame m near each side m thereof. By tightening the nut w on the screw-bolt w", the sides r, rx, of the clothesline carrier r may be closed upon each other, thereby clamping the cable t between the sides (Fig. 7). The finger s bends the cable t outul'ardly into the opening s, Whereby and by the clamping action of its Wings r, W, the carrier r is securely fastened to the cable t. Each cheek r", r", of the carrier r is formed near its end With a recess oft, through which is rove a clothesline w. To permit of the ready insertion of the clothesline w in place and to insure its retention therein, the Wings r, rx, are formed With reversely-disposed hooks s, s)c (Fig. 6). As is clearly shown in Fig. l, the clotheslines 'w extend transversely or from side to side of the frame m, each clothesline being supported or carried by a pair of oppositelydisposed clothesline-carriers r. The bight or body portion t of the cable t is fastened to a ring w of the pulley-block through which there is rove a rope g/ one end of which is Wound around the Windlass-drum y' andthe other end of which is'fastened to one of the bearings h. Vihen the rope py is Wound upon the drum y' by turning the crank 7c, the bight t of the cable t is pulled in- Wardly toward the Wall Z) of the building and the clothesline-carriers r are pulled outwardly along the sides m of the frame m, as will be obvious from an inspection of Fig. l. To raise and lower the frame m, .a

fof the window-frame (Fig. 2).` Y A u a of thedrope a is fastenedv tothe front` A v rope a is rove through theV pulley 2 lrothtfloly.

mounted in a` hanger lffa'stened to the`l top The end cressniecemof the ralnem; and, after the freine Vthas reached the desired position, theV inner z"fv.of"therope z isnfastene'd securely by Winding the same uponfar'o'pe# holderzzl. To lock the frame m fin Aadj usted position 'the basefrod m thereof is formed? with ie: series of radial holes im* (Fig. '5)- adapted tofreeeive a lock-pin 4 thatl ispassed therethrough andthrough holes o formed "ini thebearing o (Fig. 4'). l i 1. A The "frame, mY beingin` raised 'osition Yand it being desired to usev theclot es-drier A, the lock-pin-(lis `removed andthe inner end Ff of therrope` a isreleasedfrorn its holder' ai, ywhereupon theframe ml is allowed fito swing-outwardly from the vertical position shown in dotted lines in' Fig;l 2 to the'hori#V u Vzontol position' shown vinffull` lines in that Yfigure', the pate off fell of the frame mbeing con ftlfolledbythe housewife through the ropes'.

' The lock-pini ty is replaced in` locking' position. f When the frame m was-raised to `the vertical dotted-line position in Fig. 2, the

clotlieslines w werefall'owed tofal-l upon o nev v "She next iills the clothesline w adjacent to the outermost clotl1esline.and,`by again opwer'ting the crank-handle c,jpulls vboth the filled clotheslines w Voutwardly along, the

, frame m. She continues thus; filling sucL l the outermostclothesline inwardly, until the 'Y innermost clothesline has been filled. After' cessively the clotheslines w, Workingfrom thejclothesere dried, she removes the .dried clothes from the.clotheslines fw', beginning g withth'e :innermost'olothesl-ine. Then,` in orvder to throw the ramem'intofitsinostconthe' rope e, removes the Vlock-pin 4.amd pulls the fra'me'm from its .'fulldine "horizontafl'po-- sition v(shown in-:iFigsgl lfand 2.),-to1theveltr .Cn-1;. dmed-iins penes shown in Fig12.frhe.

Y v"hiimseiierfife-replaces!- the` lock-pin 4; .by

en rthefen'd ef'of the ropezgwith the hommramezm isfastenedin upright position'.Y .Y In.4 order that the clotheslinesi: w

u two undersignediwitnessjes. i

111W,notfshutoutenyvlight that would pass through'the window of; the clotheslines w are,

Vby'operating the Windlass crank-handle lc ,and permitting the windlas's out the rope y, allowed tov Wardly, the clothesline-carriers 'r sliding along thev sides mf. oitheframem.' In onder Vthat the frame m may not shift laterallyin the eyebolts/n, the base m is provided with collars fri (Fig. 1.). For convenienceof'stor-r` age amd tira'n'sp'ortsrton,"the crossxpieces idf, m, are detachable fromi the sides; 'ntf' and are fastened `thereto 'by 'bolts 4i. It. may-.be

to pay.V lallwdown- '70 found more convenient to mountfthey e e bolts min-intheWell'l b", instead'ofin' the wm:

dowfle'dged. l Y l This application is ledf` as n. divisional application under my pendingapplication Se` rial No` 136,397 `filed December12,1916.

Iclaim: A

A 1. A clothesline-'carrierhaving two Loppound the other of saidv cheeks bein ormedv with a finger directedtowardfsai openingf :ind adapted' to force and hold therein ncable.

.A clothesline-carrier mede of fr single piece ofi metalV bent y.to form at one? side a tubular base portion adapted toreceivea, rod and having at its op vsite sidereverselydis-i posed hooklikev pro]ections adapted-to receive and `retain the clothesline.-

Il. A vclothesline-carrier mede ofa single piece of metal bent to for-m .ai tubular base lrnortion' `und 'havin an openingin oneside and a. fingerv exten ing to'windV said opening from the otherside. i. u

.Signed at the borough of; Manhattan, city,

-and'adepted tof force and hold therein `e countysnd SmteOfNew York, thisaoth diary4 ofl J uly, A; lD; '19?17; in the presencev of the y y u rumene; mornin. Witnesses: Q `Y GEonenfEifBnown;

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